Lesson on Thursday, December 8, 2016

Aim: What is the organization and structure of the judicial branch, and what is the significance of the Supreme Court and judicial review in ensuring democracy and equity in the United States?  

Bell Ringer: Journal 31 – What cases are you covering? Infer what these cases may be about. 

Objectives:

1.Students will analyze the structures, functions, and processes of the judicial branch as described in Article III of the Constitution.

Agenda:

1.Bell Ringer (10 min)

2.Supreme Court Case Project

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Name ___________________________                                    Date_________

Supreme Court Case Project

            During the next few days of class we will be studying some landmark Supreme Court cases.   You and one other classmate will be assigned a Supreme Court case to work on.  You will complete a paper, an informative poster, and a brief presentation for the class.  This assignment is worth 2 Test Grades, and 1 Quiz grade.

Your Landmark Supreme Court Cases:

1.    _____________________ v. _____________________

2.    _____________________ v. _____________________

3.    _____________________ v. _____________________

Websites for Research:

            www.landmarkcases.org

            http://library.thinkquest.org/2760/cases.htm

            http://supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/landmark.html

            http://www.constitution.org/ussc/usscdeci.htm

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Landmark_cases

Written portion of assignment (1 quiz grade) include the following about your landmark Supreme Court case:

1.    Title of case (underlined and properly cited)

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

5 U.S. 137, 2 L.Ed.60

2.    What is the constitutional issue involved in the case?

3.    Who were the parties involved in the case?

4.    When and where did the case take place?

5.    What events lead up to the case going before the Supreme Court?

6.    What was the Supreme Court’s ruling / decision?

7.    What was the reasoning given by the Supreme Court for making their decision?

8.    How do you feel about the ruling?  Why?

*** Identify the immediate impact as well as long-term impact on society from this case.  Why is this case considered “Landmark”?

Poster and presentation portion of assignment (2 test grades).  On a poster board clearly and neatly create an informational poster that includes the following:

1.    Title of case

2.    Constitutional issue at stake

3.    Outcome of the case

4.    Why important to us?

5.    Picture depicting / showing the importance of the case

Lesson on Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Aim: What is the organization and structure of the judicial branch, and what is the significance of the Supreme Court and judicial review in ensuring democracy and equity in the United States? 

Bell Ringer: Caught up on old assignments

Objectives:

1.     Students will analyze the structures, functions, and processes of the judicial branch as described in Article III of the Constitution

Agenda:

1. Today we completed the Judicial Branch lesson. There is no Home Learning. 

Lesson on Thursday, December 1, 2016

Aim: What is the organization and structure of the judicial branch, and what is the significance of the Supreme Court and judicial review in ensuring democracy and equity in the United States?

Bell Ringer: Grade and review Executive Branch Exam (15 min)

Objectives:

1.     Students will analyze the structures, functions, and processes of the judicial branch as described in Article III of the Constitution.

Agenda:

1.Bell Ringer (15 min)

2.Introduction to Judicial Branch Unit (5 min)

3.BP "Court System", complete activity and graphic organizer (10 min)

4.BP "Supreme Court", complete activity and graphic organizer (10 min)

Home Learning: Complete the "Activity" section of the Supreme Court BP video.

Lesson on Tuesday, November 29, 2016

EXECUTIVE BRANCH STUDY GUIDE (QQT)

1. Q: What makes up the Executive Branch?  A:  The President, Vice President, The Cabinet, and Executive departments.  

2. Q: What are the qualifications of the president/vice president? A: Must be 35 years old, a natural born citizen, lived in the US the last 14 years.  

3. Q: How many years is one term for the presidency? A: 4 years 

4. Q: What amendment limited the president to two terms or no more than 10 years? A: 22nd amendment 

5. Q: As of 2001, what is the salary of the president? A: $400,000 

6. Q: What is the order of the presidential succession? (in other words, if the president dies what is the order of leaders who can take his/her place? A:  1. Vice President, 2. Speaker of the House, 3. President pro tempore, 4. Cabinet secretaries in order of department origin (state, treasury, defense)  

7. Q: The 25th Amendment of 1967 indicates that if the president cannot complete his term, what happens? A: The V.P. becomes President, or if the V.P. office is vacant, the President appoints one w/ Senate approval.  

8. Q: Who became president due to Richard Nixon’s resignation? A: Gerald Ford 

9. Q: What was the Watergate scandal? A: a political scandal that occurred in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in D.C. in 1972. Nixon’s administration attempted cover-up of its involvement.  

10. Q: How did political parties form? A: Disagreements between cabinet members under George Washington’s presidency.  

11. Q: Who formed the first two political parties and what were the names of the parties? A: John Adams and Alexander Hamilton formed the Federalist Party and Thomas Jefferson formed the Democratic Republicans 

12. Q: What is the name given to the group of advisors that help the president? A: The Cabinet 

13. Q: Is the cabinet mandated by the Constitution? A: No 

14. Q: What is the head of the Department of State called? A: Secretary of State 

15. Q: What does the Department of State handle? A: foreign policy, staffs embassies, analyzes data about American interests in other nations, speaks for the U.S. at the United Nations.  

16. Q: Who was the first Secretary of State? A: Thomas Jefferson 

17. Q: Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury? A: Alexander Hamilton 

18. Q: Who was the first Secretary of Defense? A: Henry Knox 

19. Q: Who was the first Attorney General? A: Edmund Randolph 

20. Q: How many departments are there today? A: 15 

21. Q: What does the Department of the Treasury handle? A: serves as financial division of the government, manages public debt, collects taxes, coins money, regulates the production and distribution of alcohol and tobacco 

22. Q: What does the Department of Justice handle? A: oversees the nation's legal affairs, supervises the agencies that serve as the nation's police and prison system, enforces antitrust laws 

23. Q: What does the Department of Defense handle? A: Protects the security of the United States, overseas the armed forces through the Joint Chief of Staff. 

24. Q: What does the Department of the Interior handle? A: Protects public lands, and natural resources throughout the U.S. It also overseas relationships with Native Americans.  

25. Q: What does the Department of Agriculture handle? A: Helps farmers improve incomes and production for home and abroad, safeguards the nation's food supply.  

26. Q: What does the Department of Commerce handle? A: Promotes and protects the industrial and commercial parts of the economy; carries out the census.  

27. Q: What does the Department of Labor handle? A: Ensures safe working conditions, oversees minimum wages and protects pensions, collects and analyzes data on employment. 

28. Q: What does the Department of Health and Human Services handle? A: oversees programs concerned with health and social services of America; manages federal medicare and medicaid. 

29. Q: what does the Department of Transportation handle? A: regulates America's transportation needs, policies and planning; works to ensure safe, efficient, and convenient land and air transportation. 

30. Q: What does the Department of Energy handle? A: plans energy policy, researches and develops energy technology. 

31. Q: Who is the closest agent to the president? A: White House Chief of Staff 

32. Q: Who nominates advisors for the cabinet? A: The President 

33. Q: Who votes for presidential nominations to the Cabinet? A: The US Senate 

34. Q: What department is the newest and what does it handle? A: Department of Homeland Security and it focuses on counter-terrorism. 

35. Q: What is foreign policy and what issues involve foreign policy? A: relationship between nation-states, issues that involve foreign policy are war, peace, trade, any general interaction 

36. Q: According to the Constitution, the treaty-making power is divided between... A: the President and the Senate. 

37. Q: A 1973 congressional resolution required the president to notify Congress upon ordering U.S. troops into military action. If Congress doesn't approve of this action, the president must withdraw the troops within how many days? A: 60 days 

38. Q: What is an executive agreement? A: agreements with foreign countires that require only a presidential signature 

39. Q: During what years did the Cold War happen? A: 1946-1989 

40. Q: Who were the two main rivals during the Cold War? A. United States & Soviet Union 

41. Q: What was the Cold War about? A: capitalism vs. Communism and mutual threats about destruction by nuclear warfare 

42. Q: What is the policy of containment? A: U.S. policy that attempted to stop the spread of communism.  

43. Q: What does CIA stand for and what does this agency do? A: Central Intelligence Agency, responsible for gathering and analyzing information about the political and military activities of other nations. It was created during the Cold War (National Security Act of 1947). 

44. Q: After the Cold War ended, what did the US focus on? A: "Nation Building" - interventions designed to enhance democratic practices in other countries.